September 22nd, 2005 issue #0438

It was about 9am on June 1, and there were plenty of empty seats in room 241 of the County Office building when farm owner Laura Dollard stepped up to the podium and pleaded with supervisors to just say no.
Thomas Sullivan, the millionaire developer who had asked the board to say yes to this finishing touch to his 3.7-mile road extension, was nowhere in sight.